Latet - Offer Nissim, Ofra Haza

Latet et hanshama v’et halev,

Latet,

Latet k’she’ata ohev.

V’eich motz’im et hahevdel

Sheben lakachat u’l’kabel,

Od tilmad latet, latet…

L’galot sodot b’seter,

L’hatir et s’vach hakesher

K’shehalev b’cha nitzbat

Mikol chiyuch, mikol mabat

Ata nizhar, ata yodei’a

V’chutz mimcha ish lo shomei’a

Posei’a ben hadakuyot

Ume’malei sha’ot p’nuyot.

Chorus:

Latet et hanshama v’et halev

Latet k’she’ata ohev

Od tilmad latet, latet

Ata lomed im hashanim

Livnot b’yachad binyanim,

Lichyot im kol hashinuyim.

Lirkom ita sipur chayim

V’la’avor yamim kashim

Bimtzukot v’rigushim

Tamid lada’at l’vater

v’et hata’am l’shamer.

Chorus:

Lir’ot b’toch han’fila

She’yesh makom l’m’chila

Tamid efshar shuv l’hatchil,

Kmo yom chadash, kmo karagil — latet

Od tilmad latet, latet

TO GIVE (Giving)

To give the soul and the heart,

To give,

To give when you love.

And however one finds the difference

Between taking and receiving

You will yet learn to give, to give…

To discover secrets

To release the tangle of connection

When your heart is pinched

By every smile, every look

You are careful, you know,

And aside from you, no one hears

Walking a fine line, trying not to offend

And filling the free time

Chorus:

To give the soul and the heart

To give when you love

You will yet learn to give, to give

You learn with the years

To build buildings together

To live with all the changes.

To weave, with her, a life=s story

And to get through difficult days

In distress and troubled times

To always know how to give in,

and to keep the love alive

Chorus:

To see in the midst of the fall,

That there is room for forgiveness

It=s always possible to start again

Like a new day, like the usual — to give

You will yet learn to give, to give